What is the ruling on investing lawful money with a foreign company that operates in margin trading and futures contracts through artificial intelligence, then using the money earned from this company in lawful trading and speculation, and getting rid of the unlawful money? And what are the methods for getting rid of this money?
Trading on margin is impermissible because it is a usurious and forbidden loan. Furthermore, trading in futures contracts is fraught with Shariah prohibitions, as stated by the Islamic Fiqh Academy. These include that futures contracts are mostly not genuine sales, that the seller often sells what he does not own, that the buyer sells what he purchased before taking possession, and that there is monopolization of shares to manipulate prices. Consequently, it is impermissible to engage in such trading, even if the intention is to transition to permissible investment. Unlawful wealth must be disposed of by giving it to the poor and needy or for the public welfare of Muslims. A needy poor person is permitted to take from it according to his need.
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